Setting for jewelry



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SETTING FOR JEWELRY.

APPLlcArloN man JUNE l1, 1919.

1,328,948. Patented Jan.2r,192o.

.INVENZ-H GEORGE WILLIAM DOVER, OF CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND.

SETTING FOR JEWELRY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 27, 1920.

Application filed .Tune 11, 1919. Serial No. 303,460.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE WILLIAM DOVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cranston, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Settings for Jewelry, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to an improvenient in jewelers findings and more particularly to an improvement in settings for jewelry.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of such settings, whereby a plurality of stones, may be easily and quickly placed in the setting and all of the stones secured in the setting, in one operation.

A further object of my invention is to reduce the cost of manufacturing settings adapted to hold a-plurality of stones.

Another object of my invention is to reduce the time and labor heretofore required to assemble the stones in and secure the stones in the setting.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a sheet metal setting for jewelry in the form of a trough, said setting having details of construction, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and claimed.

Figure 1 is an enlarged face view of my improved setting, showing the same in a bar form.

Figs. 2 and 3 are still further enlarged transverse sectional views taken respectively, on lines 2, 2 and 3, 3 of Fig. l, and

Fig. A is a face view showing the same setting as shown in Fig. 1 elongated and bent into a circular form of setting.

In the drawings 5 indicates a U-shaped sheet metal body having the bottom 6 and sides 7, 7 forming a trough 8. Each side 7, 7 terminates in a thin lip 9 and has an internal ledge l0. Each ledge 10, 10 has, in oppositely disposed relation, angular stamped out portions 11, 11 shaped to receive a stone and which extend the length of the setting, the stamped out portions being spaced so as to receive and hold a predetermined size of stone.

The stones are placed in the stamped out portions 11, 11 in the setting and when the setting is filled with stones it is placed in a suitable die, the die closed and thethin A lips 9, 9 closed over the stones, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, in one operation of the die, thereby securing a plurality of stones in the setting, in one operation.

By this construction a plurality of stones may be quiikly and` positively secured in the setting in one operation, the setting may be straight or bent into a circle, square, diamond or any shape desired, and all parts of the stones except that intended to be seen, are concealed in the setting, which may be gold-plated on its outer surface or formed of any precious or semi-precious metal.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new 1. A setting for jewelry consisting of an elongated U-shaped body of sheet metal having a bottom and sides which terminate in thin lips, each side having an internal ledge adjacent the thin lips and in which,

.in oppositely disposed relation, are aseries of angular recessed portions shaped to receive stones or the like, whereby a plurality of stones or the like may be secured in the setting by bending the thin lips over the stones or the like, in one operation.

2. A setting for jewelry consisting of an elongated sheet metal U-shaped body 5 having a bottom 6, sides 7, 7 forming a trough 8, each side 7 terminating in a thin lip 9 and each side having an internal ledge 10 adjacent the thin lips 9, 9 and in which, in oppositely disposed relation, are angular recessed portions 11, 11 shaped to receive a stone and whih extend the length of thel setting, whereby a plurality of stones may be secured in the setting by bending the thin lips over the stones, in one operation, as described. f

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE WILLIAM DOVER. 

